About today Readings 1 Thessalonians 3: 7-13. Fill us with your love, O Lord, and we will sing for joy! – Ps 89 (90): 3-4, 12-14, 17.Matthew 24: 42-51. How do we help grow our faith communities? What keeps us in faith is often the community with which we share that faith. The people who … Read more
About today Readings St. Monika. Day of repentance 1 Thessalonians 4: 1-8. Let the righteous rejoice in the Lord – 96 (97): 1-2, 5-6, 10-12. Matthew 25: 1-13. What God wants is all of you to be holy This passage from the Bible touches on a neuralgic point for the members of the Christian churches. … Read more
About today Readings Saint Augustine 1 Thessalonians 4: 9-11. The Lord comes to rule the earth with righteousness – Ps 97 (98): 1, 7-9. Matthew 25: 14-30. The kingdom of heaven will not be quite as expected The beauty and frustration of Jesus’ use of parables is that they are ambiguous. Sometimes they feel open … Read more
About today Readings Deuteronomy 4: 1-2, 6-8. The righteous will live in the presence of the Lord – Ps 14 (15): 2-5. James 1: 17-18, 21-22, 27.Mark 7: 1-8, 14-15, 21-23. True religion is of the mind – not just a matter of outward observance Outward obeisance without conversion of heart is useless and, at … Read more
About today Readings 1 Thessalonians 4: 13-18. The Lord comes to judge the earth – Ps 95 (96): 1, 3-5, 11-13. Luke 4: 16-30. No prophet is ever accepted in his own country Authentic prophets are not chosen by the people to fulfill a role they choose; they are called by God to serve a … Read more
The exploitation of people happens when we see others as “strangers”. That International Day to Commemorate Slavery and its Abolition on 23 August primarily commemorates the successful slave revolt against French colonial masters in what is now Haiti. This was part of a more general reaction against slavery in Europe, often inspired by growing belief … Read more
About today Readings 1 Thessalonians 5: 1-6, 9-11. I believe I will see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living – Ps 26 (27) :: 1, 4, 13-14. Luke 4: 31-37. As for times and seasons, you don’t need to write anything With natural disasters and difficult economic times this … Read more
Age can bring about a loss in physical attributes, but it can improve our ability to be with others and to really listen to them. My hatred of pets includes television commercials for insurance companies and retirement homes. They usually depict a smiling, well-dressed, gray-haired couple holding hands together in a golden sunset as they … Read more
About today Readings The transfiguration of the Lord. Day of repentance Daniel 7: 9-10, 13-14. The Lord is King, Most High in all the earth – Ps 96 (97): 1-2, 5-6, 9. 2. Peter 1: 16-19. Mark 9: 2-10. This is my son, the beloved Luminosity holds our attention. The last warm glow of the … Read more
World Humanitarian Day (August 19) invites us to go beyond our own interests and look at the lives, needs and needs of our fellow human beings. It is also a reminder of the great number of people whose unnoticed generosity makes the world more hospitable to others. In particular, the gift is celebrated by those … Read more